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That was my favorite line as well! :)  Never gets old...  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 12:57:59 PM EST
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yet followed closely by

"speaking at a friend's château outside Paris."

If anyone takes issue with my "Yes you CAN dress like the elite and still be a real Commie!" shoe diary, I present to you the Louis Vuitton-toting, French chateau-hopping communist, Mikhail Gorbachev!


"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 01:56:59 PM EST
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Gorby endorsing and modelling Louis Vuitton was definitely a high point of brand-led post-modernism.

It's a shame he's not also endorsing Manolo Blahniks. That would push it well over the edge into top flight performance art.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 05:14:59 PM EST
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like benny in ferragamos?

~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 02:25:53 AM EST
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